ANONYMOUS – Caduta di Napoleone. Rome, n.d. (April/May, 1814)

Sheet: 470 x 344mm; etching; skillfully restored

Very rare, allegorical Italian caricature, showing the fall of Napoleon. A blindfolded Fortune pushes up the triumphal car of Napoleon, who falls to earth loosing his crown. There exists a downsized version printed in Milan.

cf. BM Satires 12269; Broadley F 19 (both for the downsized version)